Why buy a €57 mil Camry when you can get a Porsche for €5 mil - The Welcome Casemiro Thread

What exactly is unrealistic? He is 22 year old who has played in Spain for his whole life. 2 seasons in Castilla - over 4k minutes in which his games were impressive unlike Casemiro`s. Currently he is crucial player in Alaves while playing 24 matches in La Liga averaging over 2k minutes. Been selected as MotM numerous times. Secondly, his defensive contribution is on pair with Casemiro`s, while in terms while having possession he is substantially better. Also, it seems he has a strong character which is crucial for success.

The only thing that worries me, is what you have implied in last sentence. But then again, he has strong roots in RM due to his family... which should play a part in how he is treated.

 

Wasn't Illarramendi a sensation before he joined as well?
Is one thing to play for Alaves and another totally different to play alongside some of the best players in the world.

 

Could not said it any better.

Character is a key point. It seems Llorente has bucketload of it, which fits perfectly his Family heritage. I don`t see how he could experience Illarra worthy collapse.

 

It's s shame Illarra never really got a stretch of games playing as the central def mid in a 4-3-3.

 

Watching Casemiro right now for Brazil and can see where Llorente has him beat when it comes to actually having the ball.

 

I'll reserve all judgement regarding Casemiro vs Llorente until i actually see Llorente play for us. He's a great talent but things can easily go the wrong way like they. We have great talents on the bench that aren't really developing already. Asensio is possibly one of the most talented players recently but he's not seeing much game time.

 

Asensio is very similar to James in the sense that he plays best as an AM, a position not needed in our team. Llorente plays in a position that will always be used so he'll never be short of playing time because we only have one other CDM besides him. They aren't comparable imo

 

Llorente should stay another year on loan. We have Kova covering for Casemiro and he's doing an amazing job. Llorente can come back the season after as Kova moves more forward to cover Modric

 

Kova is completely forgoten by Zidane, and is doing amazing job on bench or Bernabeu stands. Also, when and how many times this season has he covered for Casemiro?

Bringing Llorente back - an actual CDM and a quality one at that should be no brainer.

 

Kova covered for Casemiro during our best run this season.

 

No, he did not.

 

He did play the most minutes when Casemiro was out injured. Since Casemiro'r return Kovs hardly plays.

 

Dude is a beast and I read Mou is targeting him when we go after DDG. Better give him a contract extension soon.

 

Zinedine Zidane has found the heir to Claude Makelele's Real Madrid midfield throne in Casemiro. https://t.co/jaCRV7xcoq pic.twitter.com/XiZ6ZF4wfZ

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 25, 2017

 

Maybe i'm too harsh, we won against Bayern, but his passing abilities seems quite awful. So many displaced passes in such a dangerous zones. He must do better.

 

There was some nervous moments for him today, I'm guessing he was probably trying to get over that nightmare with FC Porto in this same ground. That's through ball from him to Carvajal lead to the equalizer. Overall, I think he played well.

 

Llorente should fix that.

 

I saw the same issue during Brazil vs Uruguay. I mentioned in the loan thread that Llorente can help us with that. Overall he had a decent 2nd half though.

 

He played well, yes, did his job good but still those errors should be eliminated. Would be interesting t o see if Llorente can be better. to have these two guys would be brilliant.

 

this, why having one if you can have both?

 

good point